'Evidence against activists in Elgar case already submitted'

Shiv Sena leader Deepak Kesarkar on Friday said that all the evidence against the activists held in Elgar Parishad-Maoist links case has already been submitted to the court.

He said the judicial commission probing the Koregaon Bhima violence case can examine the evidence (against the activists).

His statement comes over a month after NCP chief Sharad Pawar demanded that a Special Investigation Team (SIT) be set up under a retired judge to probe the action taken by Pune police against activists in the Elgar Parishad case. He had termed the police action as "wrong" and "vengeful".

Talking to PTI on Friday, Kesarkar, who was Minister of State for Home in the previous Devendra Fadnavis government, said, "A judicial commission is probing the Koregaon Bhima violence case. All the evidence against the activists in the Elgar Parishad case has already been submitted to the court."